Hjalmar Wollgarth

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameAnders Hjalmar•Wollgarth
Used nameHjalmar•Wollgarth
Born29 April 1878 in Järnboås, Nora, Örebro (SWE)
Died24 December 1950 in Stockholm, Stockholm (SWE)
AffiliationsIng1 IF, Stockholm (SWE)
NOC Sweden

Biography

Hjalmar Wollgarth was a member of the Swedish tug-of-war team at the 1908 London Olympics. The team finished fourth after losing their first-round match to the British Liverpool Police team, 2 pulls to 0. All of the team members appear to have been military men as they represented military sport clubs. Wollgarth was head official for the Swedish tug-of-war team at the 1912 Olympics. He was a member of Ingengörs1 Idrottsförening, which was the sports club of the 1st Engineers regiment of the Swedish army.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1908 Summer Olympics Tug-Of-War SWE Hjalmar Wollgarth
Tug-Of-War, Men (Olympic) Sweden 4